LARPH Boys Take First, LFC Girls Second at Crazy Buffalo Meet Winona-Cotter had the first three runners across the finish line. But in a re-match of the top two teams in Section 1A in boys cross country from last year, the Ramblers did not take first as a team at La Crescent-Hokah’s Crazy Buffalo cross country meet. That distinction went to defending 1A champion LARPH, which … [Read more...]
Soccer (9/3 – 9/7)
(G) PEM 7, Caledonia/Spring Grove/Houston 5 (C/SG/H: Josie Foster four goals; Siri Konkel goal; Macy Kraus/Kya Deck two assists each. The Warriors led 4-1 at halftime, before the Bulldogs rallied with six goals, making use of their speed and accurate shooting. With seven minutes left, the score was tied, 5-5) (B) Cal/SG/Hou 1, PEM 4 (Landon O’Heron had an unassisted goal for … [Read more...]
Homeschooling and Extracurriculars: What’s Legal?
In 1987, homeschooling officially became legal in Minnesota. At the beginning of 2020, the US Census showed that 4.6% of students in Minnesota were being homeschooled, but by October of that same year, that number had risen to 9.7% and continues to grow each year. Nationwide, 11.1% of students were being homeschooled at the beginning of the 2020-2021 school year. Those … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
At the Bill Glomski cross country meet in Stewartville, LFC’s Autumn Rakosnik took second and Chatfield’s Lexi Kivimagi third in an event with over 100 runners. Maddex Rodriguez ran for 127 yards but Houston’s final drive ran out of the time as they fell to Southland 21-14 in South-East football action. Cheyenne Bakken had 18 digs and 6 aces as Grand Meadow volleyball topped … [Read more...]
Football 9/9
L-O/L-P Downs Kingsland Behind Conversions and Late Score In a battle between Section 1 9-Man’s top two regular season teams from a year ago, LeRoy-Ostrander/Lyle-Pacelli senior quarterback Camden Hungerholt scored on a one-yard TD run with 2:34 left in the game to put the Cardinals ahead of Kingsland 35-26. The score, for all intents and purposes, put a penalty-laden, but … [Read more...]
Volleyball 9/9/24
Volleyball: Strong Programs Post Multiple Wins, Stay Unbeaten Mabel-Canton, Chatfield, Fillmore Central, and Caledonia could all be termed strong volleyball programs. Each team notched multiple wins, as the 2024 volleyball season had its first full week. #1 Cougars Down West Powers, Improve to 10-0 Mabel-Canton, ranked #1 in Class A, had three SEC matches, and came … [Read more...]
Cross Country (8/29)
Stewartville Bill Glomski Meet (Each race was just 3,200-meters per a warm and humid day. Cotter/Hope Lutheran’s boys (54) topped RAACHE (89) and St. Charles (132). Chatfield (226) took ninth, L/FC (320) 12th, and GMLOS (330) 13th of 17 complete teams. Cotter/HL freshman Erik Semling (10:17.2) was individual champ over Simley’s Niklas Abrahamson (10:34.6). The Ramblers had … [Read more...]
Soccer (8/27 & 8/29)
(G) Pine Island/Z-M 5, Caledonia/Spring Grove/Houston 0 (B) Cotter 7, Cal/SG/Houston 0 (Warriors > 0-1, 1-2) (G) Cal/SG/Houston 0, Cotter 6 (Warriors > 0-1, 1-2) … [Read more...]
Fall Sports Underway at Fillmore Central
At the August 27 Fillmore Central school board meeting, Superintendent Heath Olstad reported that a good number of students are participating in the fall sports season which is already underway. Nineteen students are signed up for cross country, 11 for cheerleading, 61 for football, and 38 for volleyball. The football field has been freshly painted and is ready for the first … [Read more...]
Football
2024 Prep Football Preview The 2024 season is year two of the new district alignment. Hence, nothing changes from last year as it pertains to districts and sections. Three Journal-covered squads enter the year coming off state runs. Kingsland broke a 20-year drought and progressed all the way to the 9-Man state finals before controversially and agonizingly falling. Fillmore … [Read more...]